When we ask someone to pray for us because we trust in their holiness or merits, the Lord revealed to St. Gertrude the Great that should that person neglect or forget to do so, the Lord Himself will provide the graces asked for.
From the Revelations of St. Gertrude the Great.
Of the value and importance of recommending ourselves to theprayers of others. As the Saint prayed for a person who had requested her prayers
with great humility, both personally and through others, she saw ourLord approach this person, encompassing her with celestial light,and pouring forth on her in the midst of this splendour all the graces which she had hoped to receive through the merits of the prayers of Gertrude.
Our Lord taught her by this, that when any one confides in the prayers of another, with a firm confidence that through their intercession they will receive grace from God, the Lord in His goodness pours forth His benedictions on them according to themeasure of their desires and their faith, even when he to whoseprayers they have recommended themselves neglects to pray for them.
The Life and Revelations of St. Gertrude the Great, Part 3, Chapter 61, from the Internet.
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Remarkable post. When a person - in true sincerity - agrees to pray for another, Our Lord accepts their intention to pray, and even if they are prevented from actually praying through no fault of their own, Our Lord awards the grace to the person promised prayer as though prayer had been offered.
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